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How to enable the hardware-video-decoding manually on Firefox to get smooth live video of Foscam cameras ?

Overview:Since some Foscam cameras suppport live video on Firefox browser by HTML5 now, if the Firefox does not enable the hardware-video-decoding, the camera’s live video may be not smooth.

So here is the solution to help you get smooth live video of Foscam cameras on Firefox:
1.Please open the Firefox browser.
2.Input “about:config” into the address box.
3.Input “media.hardware-video-decoding.enabled” into the search box and double click on the result to make its value true.
4.After that please close the browser and re-open it and you will get smooth live video of Foscam cameras.

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